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Show us your Cadillac!

Looks great.

I can tell its new paint by the parking job. :laughing
 
Shit there is only 5 cars in the whole parking lot.

Easy to keep door dings at bay.
 
Full Vader shine. Looks great Bud!
 
budman said:
Back in black.

New 10th birthday suit.
Now will let it bake for a month and the do some clear vinyl on the often nicked bits.

Assuming it works OK over black :dunno
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Looks fantastic sir. I’d go 60 days of cure time before putting any sealant/film over it though.
 
budman said:
Shit there is only 5 cars in the whole parking lot.

Easy to keep door dings at bay.
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Good strategy. My car has a bunch of door dings and I still park like you do.
 
Car is parked in my driveway for a month. Be safe for a while. :laughing
 
All new badges. Kept the old ones as a keepsake.
Even the wheel badges are new.
 
Those are correct for the year.
 
So, how did this work? What kind of prep did they do? How much did it cost.

I had a Ford Paint Job on my Explorer, and, uh..., explored having it repainted, but I got nothing but bad vibes from the random paint shop I went to. The way it came out is sounded like I'd be lucky to be able to see through my windows when they were done.
 
It was 10.5K (way cheaper than a new car :laughing)


Full paint except the inner door hidden crap.
All new badges including wheel caps.
Powder coated wheels
Tried plastic dipping the grill.. did not work. Stripped and repainted.
Polished one headlight the other was new 8 months ago.

Took 3 weeks.
 
Budman - good to hear things worked out on the paint job. Looking good.

Butch - The new CT4V does have 472HP, up 8 from the '16-'19 ATSV's....
But NO Coupes!!!

Mike95060 - "^ Three pedals and six gears please".
Fixed it for ya...
"v Three pedals and six gears. Why yes, thank you very much!"
Last Sunday at the Goodguys West Coast National Show, I ran the car at the autocross. WAAAAAY FUN!
 

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PSA - The IMSA races at Laguna are the weekend of Sept. 10-12.
Received an email from Cadillac Racing yesterday, they are having their:
exclusive three-day Cadillac V‑Performance Racing experience which includes:

One (1) on-site parking pass to the Cadillac V‑Performance Car Corral. Access limited to Cadillac vehicles only.
Two (2) three-day admission tickets to the Cadillac V‑Performance Hospitality Suite.
Safely packaged and/or individually catered meals, snacks and beverages in the Cadillac V‑Performance Hospitality Suite.
Exclusive team, driver and paddock access with the Cadillac Racing teams.*
Exclusive virtual behind-the-scenes content featuring the Cadillac Racing teams and drivers.*
Meet and greet opportunities with Cadillac executives and V‑Performance engineers.*
*Final virtual and live programming dependent on team and executive availability as COVID-19 guidelines and individual track restrictions permit.

Cost is $250.00
Look here: https://www.cadillacracingvip.com/
 
But what is this car?
 

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That is one of the Cadillac prototype cars. They run in the IMSA DPi (Daytona Prototype international class which = fast cars!
DPi info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daytona_Prototype_International
Cadillac has done well in the DPi Class.

Looks like they will have cars/teams move to the new WEC, LMP1, Hyper... class.
Pretty sure that would allow them to run in Europe in one of the LMP classes? If so, that would be :cool.
 
Flho: I called a few dealerships to see what the deal was on the CT5-V...I'm not super stoked on it VS my Gen 3, but I can make great money on my car and pick up one of the 6 manual which I think will do well on future values...even if I don't like the looks of them as much as mine. So the first two deals tell me "$10K over MSRP". Yeah...nope. I'll find one that'll do it for $1K over invoice...
 
FLH03RIDER said:
PSA - The IMSA races at Laguna are the weekend of Sept. 10-12.
Received an email from Cadillac Racing yesterday, they are having their:
exclusive three-day Cadillac V‑Performance Racing experience which includes:

One (1) on-site parking pass to the Cadillac V‑Performance Car Corral. Access limited to Cadillac vehicles only.
Two (2) three-day admission tickets to the Cadillac V‑Performance Hospitality Suite.
Safely packaged and/or individually catered meals, snacks and beverages in the Cadillac V‑Performance Hospitality Suite.
Exclusive team, driver and paddock access with the Cadillac Racing teams.*
Exclusive virtual behind-the-scenes content featuring the Cadillac Racing teams and drivers.*
Meet and greet opportunities with Cadillac executives and V‑Performance engineers.*
*Final virtual and live programming dependent on team and executive availability as COVID-19 guidelines and individual track restrictions permit.

Cost is $250.00
Look here: https://www.cadillacracingvip.com/
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Sounds like fun... Enjoy!!

I will be off riding, but that does seem cool.

Last night I pulled into a pub.. the parking space right next to the outdoor patio.

A couple of young guys were sitting at the table right next to where I parked.

"Nice car man.. has a great burble. You just get that?"

Paint win! :laughing
 
Budman - you change your exhaust? Cat back or axle back? I put Borla's axle back cans on my '13 Coupe. The swap probably saves about 20-25lbs over the stock muffler. Nice exhaust note, rumble, not obnoxiously loud, and no drone at any speed in the car. :thumbup

Holeshot - was at the Caddy dealer about two weeks ago, looked (just looking)
at a new Escalade ESV 600, think it was the Sport Platinum. It stickered in around $110K and then there was an additional $20K dealer markup.
"F" that!!! Pure dealer greed! :wtf

As for the IMSA races next weekend, good friend of mine (another '13 CTSV owner who bought his after driving mine) said he's not able to make it. Thought about buying the Caddy package but not interested in driving back and forth from Pleasanton each day.
Checked motels prices near the track (Sand City, etc.) they're around $220/night. :(

FYI... general admission tickets for three days $100 per person, parking is about $40 per day, unless you park in one of the dirt lots around track.

So the $250 package for 2 from Cadillac is a pretty nice deal

Anyone else thinking about going? I've been to three Cadillac V‑Performance Racing experience's, two at the Long Beach GP and Daytona. All were very well put together.
 
I have a Corsa exhaust.

Sounds good. Like you said. Comfortable for the hood and sings where it is ok to.

Swapped out on the original purchase along with some special upgrades.
I did....Powder coated wheels, grill, rear chrome and 6 speed, :blah

The blacked out thing was not an option. Took about two months after dropping coin.

My old man was confused as to wtf kind of Cadillac it was when he saw and heard it. (He had a CTS (6 cyl 4 Door)

This was not what he expected when I told him I think I sm finally ready to be a Cadillac man. :laughing
 
FLH03RIDER said:
As for the IMSA races next weekend, good friend of mine (another '13 CTSV owner who bought his after driving mine) said he's not able to make it. Thought about buying the Caddy package but not interested in driving back and forth from Pleasanton each day.
Checked motels prices near the track (Sand City, etc.) they're around $220/night. :(
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If I didn't have my AFM event, I'd totally go. I've got a long time family friend that might go too if he's free...big into cars, known for his famous car collection and is a well known guy in the sports world. Maybe I can try Saturday out...but it's gonna be a stretch. I'll check in with him too. I'll get back to you guys.
 
budman said:
My old man was confused as to wtf kind of Cadillac it was when he saw and heard it. (He had a CTS (6 cyl 4 Door)

This was not what he expected when I told him I think I sm finally ready to be a Cadillac man. :laughing
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“Not your father’s Cadillac” is very much a truth these days.

If I would’ve told someone 20 years ago that there would be a supercharged 668hp track ready sedan wearing the Cadillac crest…in this color available to buy? And this will be the last car to have a V8 in a Cadillac? They’d have had me 5150 held.

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